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The congressional intern who yelled an obscenity at President Donald Trump in the U.S. Capitol last week has been suspended for one week, officials said Monday. Caitlin Marriott yelled "Mr. President, F--- you!" as Trump was headed to an immigration meeting on Tuesday. Marriott is an intern for U.S. Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H. Aaron Jacobs, Hassan's communications director, released the following statement Monday: "We are aware of the situation and have taken disciplinary action, including a one-week suspension and revoking her Congressional intern ID badge (thereby restricting her access to the Capitol), in response to her breach of office policies regarding respectful and appropriate conduct." … [Read more...] about Senate Intern Who Yelled Obscenity at Trump Is Suspended

As a man with a shotgun stalked his newspaper's office, a new sports intern hid under a desk with another staffer and quietly called 911, thinking that if he spoke to police, he would be shot next. Anthony Messenger had only just started working at The Capital Gazette when a gunman broke in to "unleash hell on the office," as the college senior put it during an interview with NBC's "Today" show Friday. Messenger said he was "still trying to decompress" after five people were killed and two others injured in the shooting in Annapolis, Maryland. The gunman passed by Messenger and his colleague, Gazette staff writer Selene San Felice, giving him a chance to call police back. The line was busy, so he texted a friend asking for help in calling 911. And then he gave San Felice his phone, so she could let loved ones know the agony they were going through. "In that moment I thought I was going to die," Messenger said. "So, the only thing I could think– the only solace in that moment … [Read more...] about ‘I Thought I Was Going to Die,’ Capital Gazette Intern Says After Surviving Shooting

For National Intern Day, NBC New York intern Sarah Kolodny spoke with a New York Times intern on how one of her photographs made the front page of the iconic New York newspaper. "Peak stress." That's how The New York Times newsroom intern Emma Howells describes the moments before she submitted a photograph earlier this month that -- unbeknownst to her -- would make the storied newspaper's front page. 9/11 Victim Identified Nearly 17 Years After Twin Towers Fell It was Independence Day and the 22-year-old been sent on assignment to cover this year's Macy's Fourth of July Fireworks. Howells had a tight deadline, a heavy bag of gear and a ringing phone.  "I was in a state of high stress, it was pretty nerve-wracking. I was trying to confirm a couple of details for the caption, so I was running around the city trying to find a policeman or someone in charge and I had my editor calling." Puerto Ricans Turning to Solar Energy Amid Power Turmoil Assigned to shoot … [Read more...] about How a New York Times Intern’s Photo Made the Front Page

On Jan. 11, Sophie Alpert, a Facebook engineering manager who ran a major open-source project called React, made an announcement on Twitter: “today’s my last day at Facebook.”  In the tweet, which got 3,600 likes and elicited 247 comments, Alpert said she was leaving to join a start-up called Humu. But she neglected to tell her more than 41,000 followers the reason for her abrupt departure.  Four days earlier, Alpert, who identifies as transgender, provided that reason in an internal post viewed by CNBC. Alpert wrote on Workplace, Facebook’s internal social network, that she’d been harassed by her colleagues after criticizing the lack of diversity at the company. Among other things, she said she’d been attacked on Blind, an anonymous workplace app.  “Facebook is good for many people, but it’s not the right place for me right now,” Alpert wrote. “I want to spend my time at a place willing to push further on … [Read more...] about Facebook Manager Says in Internal Post She Quit After Being ‘Harassed’ Over Views on Diversity

Marches and protests are held Friday across the globe to mark International Women's Day under the slogan #BalanceforBetter, with calls for a more gender-balanced world. The day, sponsored by the United Nations since 1975, celebrates women's achievements and aims to further their rights. The #BalanceforBetter theme looks forward to a time when men and women have equal standing in the professional world, the media, government and more, NBC News reported. The color purple or the combination of purple, green and white can be used to celebrate the day, according to its website. Thousands of women walked off the job in Spain, joining millions more around the world demanding equality amid a persistent salary gap, violence and widespread inequality. International Women’s Day Celebrations and Marches Worldwide Gari Garaialde/Getty Images EUROPE In neighboring Portugal, the Cabinet observed a minute of silence Thursday as part of a day of national mourning it decreed for … [Read more...] about International Women’s Day: Strikes, Protests and Holidays